I Favor the Villainess

"Suras! What have you done to Cardinal Lily!

Claire interrogated Sarus, alerting the leopard-changing Lily without alarm.

"That civilian over there had a dual caster."

"Answer my question!

"I said I was answering. My specialty in college was implicit. The theme was" artificial realization of multiple attributes. "

Sarus said so with a comatose grin.

"Melee guards, seize Suras and Lily."

When His Majesty told him, the Kingsguard surrounded Sarus and Master Lily.

But...

"Can these Zaccos stop me?"

Flashing the smallest knife as to where it was hidden, the close guards are pushed at once.

Writing like this may only make the Kingsguards really seem like dwarves, but being assigned to Kingsguards is an elite choice of kingdoms.

Anyway, if I stand around this number of people on a one-on-one basis, I'll lose first, even if it's barely Master Claire.

The close guards are not weak.

Master Lily is out of standard.

"Cardinal Lilly, don't!

"It's waste. That's Lily, not Lily."

Goddamn it, Sarace laughs.

"Artificially creating a dual attribute… that attempt was only half successful"

"What do you mean?

When I ask, Suras goes on in a tone that explains to the poorly made students.

"I have succeeded in creating another personality in people by implication. And it turns out that the new personality that emerges acquires a new magical aptitude."

I mean, like this?

Master Lily had water aptitude.

There Suras succeeded in generating a new personality by hanging the implication and allowing it to have another attribute.

That means...

"The identity of that masked man was Master Lily," he said?

"Exactly. While pursuing me illegally, the truth is that the investigation information was missing from me."

I got my back at the end, but Sarace smiled bitterly.

Is that what you mean?

When I first checked the books in Suras' room, how many flawed and perfect books were they because there was information leaking to Suras via Master Lily?

"But you look completely different! Not the kind of difference that can be managed by the degree of disguise…"

"Maybe it's a demon prop. Look, you borrowed it from Lily when you were in her case."

It's what I used when I switched with Master Yu.

At that time, I wondered why Master Lily had such a convenient one, but it would mean that this one was originally used.

"Does Master Lily know that I am in this state?

"I don't know. If I'd known, she'd have killed herself."

What a cruel thing to do.

I didn't know you would tailor that gentle Lily of heart to an assassin to be your own pawn.

"Come on, Lily. Finish them all."

"It's not easy for me to say. There's Ray and Claire here, right?

"You can handle it."

"I can't, but I can't guarantee your safety, can I?

"Hmm..."

Master Lily, who talks to Saras while defeating one Kingsguard and another, seemed like someone else entirely.

I thought I'd heard that tone somewhere, but from time to time it seemed close to the curse that Master Lily had leaked.

Could that be like harm caused by implication or artificial dual attributes?

"Then Lily. Let's make escape a priority here."

"I won't miss it!

When I looked at Master Claire, there was a Francois family crest floating around her.

I'm in a magic ray firing position.

"Suras, Cardinal Lily. This magic of mine is beyond my control. Surrender if your life is spared."

Lady Claire warned him so as she moved them to a position where they would fit into sight.

"Yes, I am?

"You work a little too...... dude!

Master Lily was slashed by the close guards surrounding Suras as he defeated the last of the close guards surrounding him.

"Stop, Cardinal Lily! The next time you make a fight, I'll shoot you!

"Try."

Despite Lady Claire's final notice, Lady Lily did not stop the knife.

Master Claire seemed hesitant for just a moment,

"... Damn, I'm sorry. Soba!

Instead, he released a magic ray to Master Lily.

But...

"What the hell!?

The magic ray light disappeared like an illusion just before it, without burning through Master Lily.

Regardless of the flame spear level, I didn't know you would even deactivate the magic ray, Master Lily still had the spellbreaker......?

"This Lily is my greatest masterpiece. It's no match for Princess Manaria, but it's no better than magic."

Thats what Suras says with a joyfully stained grin.

"Aren't you a spellbreaker?

"It's not that much out of common sense magic. This lily's aptitude is the high propriety of the wind. Good magic is time manipulation."

Time manipulation!

During the first civilian movement I met with the masked man, he restored the demon bell I was supposed to destroy and showed it to him.

I guess that means, in short, I rewound the Demon Bell time.

"A masterpiece, you said? I mean, it's not just Master Lily, is it?

"It's obvious. Where are the first parents to try in my child? It wasn't until the study was complete that Lily was treated. Most of all..."

So Suras hung up the words,

"It took a long time to complete the study. An abandoned orphan wouldn't be good for ten or twenty."

I spoke plainly of something nasty with a cool face.

"This outer road!

Lady Claire must have stared at Suras, releasing the magic ray toward Suras.

"Oops."

Knocked down all the Kingsguards, and Master Lily deactivated the Magic Ray at your place.

Perhaps they are turning the magic ray backwards in time and fogging it back into magic.

"Ray, aim for Suras! With a focus on numbers!

"Yes!"

When I generated only twenty ice arrows, I let it go to surround the surrus.

"Shit... you just can't fight it. Cancer."

Ice arrows are deactivated, but Master Lily cannot move from the source of Suras.

Stopping is possible.

Lady Claire and I unleash magic on Lady Suras and Lily to continue standing, and Lady Lily disables it.

The situation fell into an adhesive state - or not.

"Give it up, Cardinal Lily"

"Why?

"If you stay like this, you'll be out of magic first"

Yes, it is.

There's one Lily over there, and this one is between Claire and me.

Besides, this is the basic magic arrow for the magic you're using.

I don't know what the amount of magic consumed by time manipulation is, but it won't mean less than magic arrows.

"Dear Lily, please don't do this anymore"

"I don't even like doing it. Bye, hey."

"Then!"

"But..."

So Master Lily cut the words,

"Even so, he's my father."

When I took the potion bottle out of my nose, I was surprised.

"No way, Cantarella!?

I thought it was a reproduction of the Battle of Louis, but it wasn't.

"Difference. This is a super magic restoration potion."

"You won't have any of those valuables"

"But in my case, you're gonna figure this out."

Master Lily stared strongly at it as she sent her gaze to the potion bottle.

"!? Such an inch!?

The potion bottle of the shell fills up as I look around.

Perhaps, you rewinded your time.

"Well, we can use it this way."

"Knock..."

This is not good.

The Super Magic Recovery Potion restores magic almost completely.

It's up to us to stay poor.

"Even so, keep it up. Then I don't think we're ready for a long fight."

……

Always alert Master Lily along with Master Claire.

At that time...

The ground rocked violently.

◆ ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆

While everyone was upset by the sudden shake, I was probably the only one thinking differently.

(Oh no... too soon!

I knew who the wobble was.

It is an earthquake caused by eruptions in Sassar volcano, which Lord Rod and Lily feared.

When I pushed Master Claire down in anticipation of what would happen next, I lay her down on the ground to cover her as she was.

Gashan, a noise broke the window in the lookout room.

Countless stone crushes fly indoors.

It is a fountain.

"What the hell..."

Under his body, Master Claire raises her voice of agitation.

Speaking of which, I was soilmagically putting up a small protective wall while waiting for even the sway to subside.

The eruption lasted for about a few minutes.

"It should be okay now."

I'm concerned about the discrepancy in the period, but there shouldn't have been any aftershocks to this earthquake.

I stepped aside from Master Claire and stood up and tried to grasp the situation.

The vibrant sight room has been completely transformed from view to view.

The conditioning was broken, and on the red carpet rolled a variety of fountains, large and small.

"Sire!"

One of the Kingsguards noticed something strange.

His Majesty Rosseille is falling from the throne and lying on the ground.

- Blood out of your head.

"Ray, heal me!

Without having to tell Master Claire, I approached His Majesty to try healing magic.

But...

"... no. He's dead."

"Oh my God..."

This development is as the game goes.

Suppose...

"That's right, what about Suras and Cardinal Lily!?

There were already no two people in the hall.

There was no such thing as Lily in the game, but Suras was on the run.

This is also as the game goes.

(I rushed to avoid this...)

There should still have been a few days before the eruption of Mount Sassar.

If there was no battle with Master Lily and the magic was sufficient, we could have covered each room with defensive magic.

How could you be so quick...?

"Ray......, Ray! Hold on tight."

When I realized it, I was looking up to Master Claire.

Apparently I was on my knees at some point.

"Forget about Suras and Cardinal Lilli once and for all. There are so many things you have to do."

"... Dear Claire"

"From now on, the kingdom will be in danger. Past history tells us that after the eruption of Mount Sassar, a great famine broke out"

Yes, it's more problematic afterwards than the damage caused by the eruption itself.

Volcanic ash covers the area around the king's capital, and crops fail.

Well, now the king's capital is in the middle of the harvest.

I knew it as a knowledge of the game, but Master Claire knew it from history.

"The Kingdom must overcome this crisis. Besides, without His Majesty Roseille."

That's right.

Master Roseille, who was the wise king, is no longer there.

We must choose a new king.

"Contact the Kingsguard, Speaker of the House of Lords. Convene an urgent parliament. Then make sure Rod and Sain are safe and sound as soon as possible."

Master Claire skips the instructions precisely.

I was staring at it.

Then the pain ran on my cheek.

"Be sure! That word you said would support me was a lie!?

That's what Lady Claire said and stared at me.

The hand that slapped me is turning red.

Thin hands.

Such a weak man is now desperately trying to face the crisis of the kingdom.

Who's gonna back you up?

It is decided.

"I'm sorry. It's okay now."

"Nice to meet you."

With that said, Lady Claire only hugged me for a little while.

Realizing that its body was trembling, I held it back firmly.

"We'll get through this."

"Yes!"

We started to act immediately.

There were precise instructions from Master Claire, and there were no initial delays.

Eventually, however, one report arrived.

That was the news that Master Rod was missing.